We are looking for 2017 summer staff! Each summer we hire a few high school or college age students to support our efforts during the busy summer months. For some high school students, it is an introduction into the building trades and allows them to further consider their career possibilities. For other students, working with us introduces them to a whole new world and their hearts and minds are opened to needs they never knew existed. Contact us f you’re interested in learning more.

There are so many ways to get involved in Hosanna Industries this season (and every season), so we compiled this list for you. These are great opportunities for families or small groups. Please let us know if you’re interested in helping in any of these ways!

What: Shirley, in New Galilee, Beaver County, will have a mortgage payment for a new home that is less than what her monthly utility payments were while living in her trailer. Hosanna Industries intends to build her home as a “blitz build”.

How: Hosanna Industries’ “blitz builds” are made possible with volunteer labor, donated and discounted materials and a uniquely organized building method which compresses the length of construction to four days. The house will be built and move-in ready; complete with furniture and appliances by the fourth day.

When: Foundation will be laid and walls will be built by Hosanna Industries staff and volunteers prior to the blitz week. Work will begin at 8am on Monday, June 22 and the house will be complete by Thursday, June 25. On Thursday, June 25 at 12pm, Hosanna will host a dedication of the home which is open to the public.

Who: Hosanna Industries’ staff of 10 will lead the build, and 60 volunteers from Wisconsin and Ohio who were previously scheduled with Hosanna, will assist all week.

Current needs: Some furniture and household items for the homeowner Lunches and drinks for workers

Rev. Dr. Donn Ed, founder and executive director of Hosanna Industries, said “We are thrilled as a mission celebrating our 25th anniversary year of service to have this great opportunity once again to blend the gifts of faith and work together along with our hammers, hearts, and hands, in witnessing another one of God’s needy children move from the despair of poverty housing to the dignity of a new and very affordable permanent home!”

About Hosanna Industries: Hosanna Industries, Inc. is a faith-rooted, 501 (c)3 non-profit organization in southwestern Pennsylvania. The mission includes new construction and repair/rehabilitation services for low income homeowners; leading volunteers in disaster recovery; and training young people in the trade skills to give them a hope for the future. Its typical single client household in 2014 had an income of less than $19,000 a year. Since its founding in 1990 Hosanna Industries has provided nearly $50 million worth of charitable work to the community for less than $14 million. It depends on the generosity of others to complete its work.

Many of our clients are elderly widows, and many of them do not even have family in the area. The construction services that we provide are uplifting and essential to safety and security, but these people are also greatly encouraged by the fact that someone out there cares for them.

We would like to provide a way for these clients to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. It would mean so much to them if someone delivered a meal to them and spent some time with them. What a great way to show Christ’s love to his needy children!

Are you interested in helping us with this? We have about a dozen households on our list for Thanksgiving meal delivery. Are you able to purchase or cook a meal for them, and to deliver it sometime the week of Thanksgiving?

Contact Amanda Becker if you’d like to help us with this for Thanksgiving 2014.

It’s not just a home repair. Take Anna for instance. We sent someone there to install a new electrical box in her home to update the electrical system and to ensure electrical safety. She was so grateful. She is a widow living on a very low social security income. She has two grown daughters; one in New England and one in Florida. While having a conversation with her during her project, Donn discovered that her daughters never come to see her and she is homebound and completely alone. She is a sweetheart with no self pity and only a thankful and upbeat spirit but the facts still remain the facts. She is alone. This sparked a new idea in the minds of the Hosanna Family. We provide Christmas gifts and food for our clients. We will now screen the clients to see who would benefit from a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner to be delivered by our Staff and volunteers the day before Thanksgiving along with a sit down visit to alleviate some of their loneliness. So what started out as an electrical update has developed into a whole new Hosanna program. So when someone asks you what Hosanna does, you can say, “ More than home repairs! “